noun
an ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC
• Syn: ↑Aeolia
• Part Holonyms: ↑Asia Minor, ↑Anatolia
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\\ˈēələ̇s\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek aiolos quick-moving
: a genus (the type of the family Aeolididae) comprising nudibranch mollusks with an elongated sluglike body and a series of tufts of fingerlike gills, often brightly colored, along each side of the back
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/ee"euh lis/, n.
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
Also, Aeolia.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.